| The new Nuclear Equipment report titled | | | | producing countries. |
| “Global Nuclear Spent Fuel Storage Market | | | | Global Demand for Nuclear Spent Fuel Storage |
| Analysis and Forecasts to 2015” ( ) presents | | | | Casks to grow |
| an in-depth analysis of spent fuel storage industry | | | | The actual usage was less when compared to the |
| and presents forecasts of spent fuel storage | | | | demand in countries having the nuclear reactor |
| equipments’ demand. Managing spent nuclear | | | | facilities. Globally 247 units were used compared |
| fuels across the world has been one of the major | | | | to the demand of 558 units for the year 2008. |
| concerns of the nuclear industry worldwide. Since | | | | The global demand for the casks will increase at |
| spent nuclear fuel from the reactors is high level | | | | an AAGR of 0.16% during the period 2008-15. |
| radioactive waste, it is important for the nuclear | | | | North America and Europe to Remain Key Spent |
| power generating countries to have well organized | | | | Fuel Storage Markets |
| spent fuel management mechanisms. This would | | | | North America and Europe will remain to be the |
| give enormous opportunities for the spent fuel | | | | key markets for the spent nuclear fuel storage |
| storage equipment manufacturers. | | | | cask industry in the coming years. The demand |
| The report covers the global nuclear power | | | | for spent fuel storage cask will increase in the |
| industry development, its growth trajectory and | | | | Asia Pacific region with the increasing number of |
| the demand for spent fuel casks in the global | | | | nuclear reactors in India and China. Middle East and |
| nuclear power industry. The report also presents | | | | African region, and Central and South American |
| in-depth analysis on region-wise product segments | | | | region will offer relatively lower prospects to the |
| and revenue analysis in the spent fuel cask | | | | cask industry growth during the period under |
| industry and also analyses the key players in the | | | | review. Demand for concrete and metal casks for |
| global nuclear spent fuel industry. This report looks | | | | storage as well as transportation purpose will |
| at the key players in the global nuclear spent fuel | | | | increase in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific |
| arena, with detailed company information. | | | | region. The report analyses demand for casks, |
| Quantity of discharged spent fuel waste in | | | | actual demand met and demand not met in the |
| temporary storage facilities grow | | | | year 2008. The report also provides a forecast |
| Globally, discharged spent fuel waste from nuclear | | | | for the next six years up to 2015. |
| power facilities will increasingly become a concern | | | | The Asia Pacific region to witness increasing |
| as many of the countries do not have a clear | | | | demand for spent fuel storage casks |
| policy on the long term spent fuel management. | | | | The scale at which nuclear industry in Asia Pacific |
| Though many of the nuclear power producing | | | | region is expanding indicates that nuclear power |
| countries store spent nuclear fuel in temporary | | | | countries in the region will be key markets for |
| pool storage facilities, lack of adequate temporary | | | | nuclear equipment companies worldwide. There |
| facilities will demand usage of storage casks for | | | | are a number of reactors in the planned and |
| long-term safe storage. Thousands of tons of | | | | proposed stage in countries such as India, China, |
| new nuclear fuel have been added to the nuclear | | | | Japan and South Korea. Despite these countries |
| power reactors every year and the discharge of | | | | have operating nuclear power reactors the usage |
| spent fuel is also increasing significantly. The annual | | | | of spent fuel casks in the past has been |
| discharge of spent fuel is estimated to be about | | | | significantly low. The potential increase in spent |
| 10,000 tHM currently. This report estimates that | | | | fuel output in the coming years and limited |
| the increasing spent fuel discharge and lack of | | | | capacity in temporary storage facilities will drive |
| adequate capacity in pool storage will necessitate | | | | the spent fuel casks market. |
| increased dry storage capacity in nuclear power | | | | |